The Tech Exec Podcast with Aviv Ben-Yosef

When there's a new head-of-state or government elected, we expect to see what they've accomplished within their first 100 days. What excuses have we got, then, not to be making even faster iterations as leaders in startups? More on not 'taking it all in' incessantly on this week's episode! Join my free live session, part one of the 10x Engineering Teams series: Introducing Healthy Friction . New:...

Sometimes people make predictions that fail completely. I still think that's healthier than never stating what you think is going to happen. What works for ICs doing TDD is also applicable to executives. For more, check out this week's episode! Join my free live session, part one of the 10x Engineering Teams series: Introducing Healthy Friction . New: 2024 Leadership Livestream Package ! Grab a co...

Timing is everything. I'm not talking about stand-up comedy but about your ability to spot opportunities and use them. The exact same work has a different value depending on when it is performed. Are you attentive enough to ensure your team is generating the best ROI for its work? Join my free live session, part one of the 10x Engineering Teams series: Introducing Healthy Friction . New: 2024 Lead...

The story of one of my (too many) geeky pranks in my army service and how humans too easily get used to things being off. This is your weekly reminder to stop boiling. Join my free live session, part one of the 10x Engineering Teams series: Introducing Healthy Friction . New: 2024 Leadership Livestream Package ! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operatin...

You might be understanding 'fake it till you make it wrong,' and leaning too heavily into the faking part. That's in part what the tech industry has allowed itself to do for too long, but now we have to learn what are the real progress indicators and adamantly stick to those. Are you making genuine progress that's improving the condition of your users, or are you doing things that look good on Lin...

Priority dissonance is what we get when we are so bombarded by tasks that we cannot see the forest for the trees. And if you're not paying enough attention, you'll end up missing great opportunities or kicking yourself for not having acted while it was possible. This week's episode is about fixing that dissonance. New: 2024 Leadership Livestream Package ! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your...

I challenge you to “think bigger” and raise your expectations for your team. Discover the importance of setting ambitious goals and fostering a culture that drives exceptional performance. Move beyond merely meeting roadmaps and strive for greater impact to achieve more meaningful results and become the leader your team deserves. New: 2024 Leadership Livestream Package ! Grab a copy of my books, C...

This is your periodic reminder that leadership is about taking charge, and you can start by taking charge of your day right now. A few simple adjustments can tremendously affect your productivity, motivation, and energy, and this quickly compounds when you start the same approach with your team. Check out this week's short episode for more! New: 2024 Leadership Livestream Package ! Grab a copy of...

Looking back on what you've already achieved isn't navel gazing or patting yourself on the back. It's needed to ensure that you leverage your strengths, motivate yourself and your team, and find those areas where you should be injecting deliberate practice. When's the last time you stopped and looked up from between the weeds? Check out this week's short podcast episode for more. New: 2024 Leaders...

We like to think we're logical leaders and can make decisions with rationality. However, sometimes things make our lizard brains trigger and get all stressed about acting faster than really necessary. This week's episode is about learning to hold your horses so you don't quickly decide something that'll take months to undo. New: 2024 Leadership Livestream Package, 50% till June 15! Grab a copy of...

Curiosity may have killed that cat, but for leaders it's an unconventional weapon. In an age when people focus more on what they're going to be saying than on listening and learning, those who genuinely lead their lives in a curiosity driven manner have an edge others will never have. Curious to hear how this can instantly make you more impactful leading your organization? Check out this week's fi...

I don't care how much budget or time you've got, you can find ways to invest in yourself and grow if you want to. No one can prevent you from learning and honing your skills but yourself. Are you standing in your way? Check out this week's podcast episode to stop making growth excuses. 🖼️ Me reading the daily Il Messaggero in Rome Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech...

I routinely speak to over a hundred leaders from all over the world to get a "vibe check." Sometimes, I realize some of them are stuck in a high-tech version of Groundhog Day. Are you as well? Check out this week's short episode about making progress. Last chance to register to my free live session: Sparing the midnight oil ! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Exec...

Your personal system is crucial to being an effective leader and getting things done. As a geek, I like viewing our routines and habits from this point of view, and it helps me find areas where executives can make considerable upgrades in their day-to-day. This week's podcast episode discusses a few such "modules" you might want to upgrade and how to embark on the path to continuous improvement. J...

Don't go off creating or filling positions by cargo-culting what you see in other companies, assuming that's the right path forward. Similarly, if you're a tech executive, don't charge ahead going for a title or role that's not the right one for you or the company. Cultivating an effective executive team requires us to consider these three basic questions to set up the company and ourselves for su...

It takes two to tango, and you have to know how to lead or you're both going to end up on your behinds. This week's short podcast episode is about realizing your agency to unleash effective and rapid coaching. Stop waiting for spontaneous human improvement. Create it. Check out my free live session: Sparing the Midnight Oil ! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Exec...

If you want to genuinely become an executive and be viewed as a peer to business partners, you're going to have to stop it with the binary options. The world's not black and white, and those who leverage and create a continuum of options are worth their weight in gold. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter...

Making mistakes is an essential part of growing as a leader. Letting your people is something you have to live with to accelerate their growth. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean you're going to be in ostrich mode and ignore it all. Check out this week's short episode for three pitfalls to avoid. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscrib...

Sometimes, when you procrastinate or reject making a choice, that can open up new opportunities. Other times, that's a sign of weak leadership. How do you make the choice to choose? Check out this week's short podcast episode for some meta-thinking on upgrading your own decision-making. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to th...

Hiring has changed dramatically. I for one am happy most people aren't spending 50% of their time interviewing and onboarding new hires. Nevertheless, it means that we need a different set of guidelines to handle growth correctly. Check out this week's episode to ensure you're on track to create a profitable product-engineering team as you grow it. Join my free live session: Profitable Engineering...

The 10x engineer, the 10x leader, and the 10x strategy exist. However, they are often not easy to spot. Realizing that you don't need to come up with something that feels like someone from the future told you can actually increase your odds of achieving 10x work. For more on doing just that, check out this week's episode! Join my free live session: Profitable Engineering 101! Grab a copy of my boo...

There are probably right now different issues that you're aware of that are allowed to fester and deteriorate. As you're busy putting out fires, the next wildfire is creeping up. That's what we get when we trade actual leadership for a simplistic greedy algorithm that only addresses things that have gone past the point of no return and must be solved. If you'd like to transition to genuine leaders...

Boy, the last 4 years have been one hectic decade, am I right? The worst thing you can do is give your team the sense that whatever last crisis you had was the last one. It wasn't. Leadership is about handling these moving targets. Learn more in this week's episode. Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your Technology and  The Tech Executive Operating System . Subscribe to the best newsletter for...

Especially when teams have waited too long to redo certain parts of their technology, they are way more prone to overshoot and over-engineer the new solution. That's the classic second-system syndrome at play. However, you're only likely to succeed if you know how to keep your team's cleverness at bay. Check out this week's episode about managing cleverness and how to tell whether you're over-doin...

How can you create a product-engineering organization that's profitable? Where growth is aligned with business needs; where engineers don't do tech for tech's sake; where value is the first… value? This week's podcast episode is a quick recap of topics from my four-part series about such organizations. Tune in to create a team worth leading. The articles in the series: Highly Profitable Engineerin...